# Embedded engineers vs a recruitment agency | Miyagami > A recruitment agency compared with embedded engineers from €5,600 a month on cost, speed, vetting, management and risk, including when a recruitment… Source: https://www.miyagami.com/compare/recruitment-agency [Home](https://www.miyagami.com/)/ [Compare](https://www.miyagami.com/compare)/ A recruitment agency # Embedded engineers vs a recruitment agency Use a recruitment agency when you want a permanent employee on your own payroll and can wait about four months before they start. Choose engineers who join through Miyagami when you need senior people working in your team within days and want the employment risk to stay with the supplier. Side by side ## How the two compare on what matters The table covers the eight criteria buyers ask about most, from time to start to compliance. | | Miyagami engineers | A recruitment agency | | --- | --- | --- | | Time to start | Three working days to a shortlist, five to a hire | About four months, including the time before the candidate can leave their job | | All-in cost | from €5,600 a month per engineer, no recruitment fee | A fee of around 20% of first-year salary, then salary and employer costs | | Who vets the engineers | Two live assessments, AI off and on, scorecards shared | The agency screens CVs, you run the technical interviews | | Who manages the work | Your lead, in your sprints | Your lead | | When it goes wrong | Replaced at our cost | A rebate period, then a new search | | Commitment | Three-month minimum | Permanent employment | | Compliance and IP | Employed by us, ISO 27001, IP yours on payment | Your employee, your obligations | | Best for | Senior capacity in your team for months or years | Permanent roles where you can wait for the right hire | Where each one wins ## When a recruitment agency fits better Where a recruitment agency does better ### A permanent member of staff The person joins your payroll and builds knowledge that stays in the company for years. ### Wide reach in your own market A good agency knows local candidates who aren't actively looking, which matters for senior permanent roles. Where embedded engineers do better ### Days instead of months A shortlist within three working days and a hire within five, against about four months for a local search. ### Technical vetting you can see Engineers have already passed two assessments in a real codebase, with AI tools off and on, and you see both scorecards. FAQs ## Questions about this comparison You can read how we vet engineers, then compare the cost against a local hire. [How we vet](https://www.miyagami.com/how-we-vet) When should I choose a recruitment agency over embedded engineers? Use a recruitment agency when you want a permanent employee on your own payroll and can wait about four months before they start. Choose engineers who join through Miyagami when you need senior people working in your team within days and want the employment risk to stay with the supplier. How fast can embedded engineers start compared with a recruitment agency? You get a shortlist within three working days of your brief and can hire within five. A recruitment agency: about four months, including the time before the candidate can leave their job. Who vets Miyagami engineers? Miyagami engineers run two sixty-minute assessments in a real codebase, the first with AI tools off and the second with the candidate's own agents on, and you see both scorecards. Other comparisons [Embedded engineers vs ### Hiring in-house Hiring in-house makes sense when the role will exist for years and you can wait three to four months. Compare](https://www.miyagami.com/compare/hiring-in-house) [Embedded engineers vs ### Freelancers A freelancer suits small, bounded work you can specify, such as a short specialist task or testing an idea. Compare](https://www.miyagami.com/compare/freelancer) [Embedded engineers vs ### Software agencies Pick an agency when you want a defined product built and handed over, with someone else owning delivery. 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Compare](https://www.miyagami.com/compare/managed-services) [Embedded engineers vs ### An employer of record Use an employer of record when you've already found the engineer you want abroad and only need someone to employ them legally. Compare](https://www.miyagami.com/compare/employer-of-record) Let's talk ## Get a shortlist within three days You share the roles and the stack in a short form or a thirty-minute call. Within three working days you get named senior engineers to review, each with both scorecards, and you can hire within five. [Get a shortlist](https://www.miyagami.com/shortlist) Reviewed on **Clutch** 39 reviews [ISO 27001 Certified](https://trust.miyagami.com/) Book thirty minutes with Dale The calendar is provided by HubSpot, which sets its own cookies. Load it here, or book on HubSpot's page. [Open booking page](https://sales.miyagami.com/meetings/dwesdorp)